Select Committee · Foreign Affairs Committee
The situation in Ukraine and the UK’s response
Status: Closed
Opened: 24 Jan 2022
Closed: 29 May 2024
On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine by land, sea and air, having massed approximately 190,000 troops along Ukraine’s borders – including in Belarus. The FAC is holding an inquiry on the situation in Ukraine. It will explore the situation on the ground, and how the UK can work with Ukraine … Show more
Oral evidence sessions
| Date | Witnesses | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Mar 2024 | Ben Fender OBE · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, David Reed MBE · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Dr Maria Shagina · International Institute for Strategic Studies, Dr Yulia Ioffe · Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR) at University College London (UCL), Mykola Kuleba · Save Ukraine, Professor Philippa Webb · Kings College London, Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Shahida Tulaganova | View ↗ |
| 8 Mar 2022 | Justine Walker · Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists, Maria Shagina · Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Timothy Ash · BlueBay, Tom Keatinge · RUSI Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies | View ↗ |
| 1 Mar 2022 | Artis Pabriks, Captain Dmytro Donskoi, Eva-Maria Liimets, Gabrielius Landsbergis, HE Vadym Prystaiko, Marcin Przydacz | View ↗ |
| 1 Feb 2022 | Anders Aslund · Atlantic Council, Fiona Hill · Brookings Institution, Shashank Joshi · The Economist | View ↗ |
Who gave evidence
| Witness | Organisation | Sessions |
|---|---|---|
| Anders Aslund · Senior Fellow | Atlantic Council | 1 |
| Artis Pabriks | — | 1 |
| Ben Fender OBE · Director, Eastern Europe and Central Asia | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 1 |
| Captain Dmytro Donskoi | — | 1 |
| David Reed MBE · Director, Sanctions Directorate | Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office | 1 |
| Dr Maria Shagina · Senior Research Fellow | International Institute for Strategic Studies | 1 |
| Dr Yulia Ioffe · Lecturer (Assistant Professor) | Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR) at University College London (UCL) | 1 |
| Eva-Maria Liimets | — | 1 |
| Fiona Hill · Senior Fellow | Brookings Institution | 1 |
| Gabrielius Landsbergis | — | 1 |
| HE Vadym Prystaiko | — | 1 |
| Justine Walker · Global Head of Global Sanctions, Compliance and R… | Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists | 1 |
| Marcin Przydacz | — | 1 |
| Maria Shagina · Visiting Senior Fellow | Finnish Institute of International Affairs | 1 |
| Mykola Kuleba | Save Ukraine | 1 |
| Professor Philippa Webb · Professor of Public International Law | Kings College London | 1 |
| Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan · Minister of State (Indo-Pacific) | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 1 |
| Shahida Tulaganova | — | 1 |
| Shashank Joshi · Defence Editor | The Economist | 1 |
| Timothy Ash · EM Senior Sovereign Strategist, Emerging Markets | BlueBay | 1 |
| Tom Keatinge · Director | RUSI Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies | 1 |
Correspondence
| Date | Direction | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Apr 2024 | To cttee | Letter from Minister Trevelyan relating to Russian sanctions, dated 28/03/2024 |
| 18 May 2022 | — | Correspondence with the Foreign Secretary following oral evidence on Ukraine, d… |
| 20 Apr 2022 | — | Correspondence with the Home Secretary relating to alleged kill lists in Ukrain… |
| 2 Feb 2022 | — | Correspondence from the Foreign Secretary relating to Ukraine, dated 30/01/2022 |